Michelle Singletary: 'You Need Diversity'

<p>Our guest this week is personal finance columnist and author Michelle Singletary. Singletary writes the nationally syndicated column "The Color of Money," which appears in <em>The</em> <em>Washington Post</em>, as well as in dozens of other newspapers nationwide. She's also the author of three personal finance books. The most recent was called <em>The 21-Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom</em>. Singletary is a frequent guest on TV and radio, and she was host of her own national television program, "Singletary Says," on TV One. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park. She has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a master's degree in business and management.</p></p><p><p><strong>Background</strong><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/michelle-singletary/" target="_blank">Michelle Singletary's bio and Washington Post columns</a> </p></p><p><p><a href="http://michellesingletary.com/home.html" target="_blank">Michelle Singletary's website</a> </p></p><p><p><a href="http://michellesingletary.com/michelle-s-books-and-color-of-money-book-club.html" target="_blank'">Michelle Singletary's books </a></p></p><p><p><strong>Financial Impact of Pandemic</strong><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXtifv1DPlc" target="_blank">Michelle Singletary Answers Viewer Questions About Pandemic Finances</a>," PBS NewsHour, April 30, 2020. </p></p><p><p>"<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/03/09/813763885/what-coronavirus-fears-could-mean-for-personal-finance" target="_blank">What Coronavirus Fears Could Mean for Personal Finance</a>," by Audie Cornish and Michelle Singletary, NPR, March 9, 2020. </p></p><p><p>"<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/02/didnt-get-your-stimulus-payment-heres-how-find-it/" target="_blank">Didn't Get Your Stimulus Payment? Here's How to Find It</a>," by Michelle Singletary, <em>The Washington Post</em>, June 2, 2020. </p></p><p><p><a href="https://www